Silicon Element Silicon is a chemical element with the symbol Si and atomic number 14 and atomic mass is 28. It is a tetravalent metalloid‚ less reactive than its chemical analog carbon‚ the nonmetal directly above it in the periodic table‚ but more reactive than germanium‚ the metalloid directly below it in the table. Controversy about silicon’s character dates to its discovery; it was first prepared and characterized in pure form in 1823. In 1808‚ it was given the name silicium‚ with an -ium
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Question E Strategic Options I would make as CEO Excerpts from Case i. Limit the number of attendees at GSC meetings. Corning should only permit key decision makers‚ employees who have had a long history with the company‚ and those with expertise on the business model being presented‚ to attend. Implementing this would help facilitate open discussion at the meetings as less people would be involved. While a large number of people attend GSC meetings‚ only a few engage in making the decisions. This
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Corning Incorporated – Reinventing new business model Corning Incorporated is an American manufacturer of glass‚ ceramic‚ and materials for the industrial and scientific applications. It was known as Corning Glass Works in 1875. Its strong commitment to innovation was known as the company’s roots. The company committed between four to six percent of its sales to Research‚ Development‚ and Engineering (RD&E). As of today‚ Corning has been primarily operating from Asia Pacific and North America
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UVA-F-1339 Version 2.6 CORNING‚ INC.: ZERO COUPON CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURES DUE NOVEMBER 8‚ 2015 (A) On November 8‚ 2000‚ Corning announced that it would issue $2.7 billion in zero-coupon convertible debentures priced at $741.923 per $1‚000 principal amount. The initial public offering (IPO) price yielded 2% per annum to maturity‚ compounded semiannually. A summary of terms is given in Exhibit 1. Concurrent with the offering‚ Corning also conducted a separate public offering of 30 million shares of
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524 SILICON CARBIDE Vol. 22 SILICON CARBIDE 1. Introduction Silicon carbide [409-21-2] (SiC) is a technologically important material that is one of the small number of unusual materials that were first created synthetically and then subsequently discovered in nature. Silicon carbide was first observed in its natural form in 1905 by the Nobel-prize-winning chemist Henri Moissan‚ who discovered it in the meteor that created the Diablo Canyon in Arizona. The transparent mineral‚ now known as
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Case Studies Corning Glass Background Corning Glass is a large‚ multinational organization involved in glass and related products with an increasing emphasis on high-value‚ technologically-specialized products‚ many of which are now part of joint-venture programmes and developments. Innovation ‘Claim to Fame’ This firm is another of the ‘100 club’‚ having been founded back in the mid-nineteenth century. It was a pioneer in process innovation enabling high-volume manufacture of glass‚
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Corning Incorporated: A Network of Alliances Background Corning Incorporated has established a strong reputation in the specialty glass market. Corning Incorporated helped pioneer the initiative for businesses to incorporated research laboratories in their business operations; and has been a leader in technology-based research for some year. Corning’s initial focus was on the U.S. market but it consistently makes strides to becoming a more international company. One of the major strides Corning
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How has innovation been used for driving growth at Corning? What is the role of Houghton family? What are the financial results? Right from the days when Corning developed the bulbs for the electric lights designed by Thomas Edison‚ the firms had maintained a strong dedication to technology and innovation. About 4-6 percent of the annual revenue was set aside for research‚ development and engineering. In the 1990s‚ this figure became 10 percent. There was constant emphasis on R&D efforts. Even during
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Identify and discuss Corning ’s strategic predisposition toward a joint venture with Vitro. Because of long histories of successful joint ventures and had been an innovative leader in foreign alliances for over 73 years‚ Corning ’s strategy of establishing the joint venture relationship with Vitro seems to be a ideal combination and will lead to success. However‚ the joint venture became subject to a series of cultural and other conflicts that began to undermine this vision. According to company
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